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trisjdavila's review
reflective
slow-paced
0.5
felt like i read the same essay over and over. could’ve been written by people in my freshman writing class or even high school.
not enough criticism for a criticism book, and not enough personal detail to keep it flowing. clearly coviello wants to write something longer about his ex stepdaughters. he should do that. every essay that brought them up was the same melancholic musing of “how do i stay involved in these lives.” write a memoir.
even the titular essay was not a slam dunk for me (tangent: wolves back).
i wanted so much more than what i got. i did not feel as though this book discovered anything. at first i enjoyed coviello’s modest quality, but how much “honestly” and “i think” can you take in a book of criticism?
yeah. disappointed.
not enough criticism for a criticism book, and not enough personal detail to keep it flowing. clearly coviello wants to write something longer about his ex stepdaughters. he should do that. every essay that brought them up was the same melancholic musing of “how do i stay involved in these lives.” write a memoir.
even the titular essay was not a slam dunk for me (tangent: wolves back).
i wanted so much more than what i got. i did not feel as though this book discovered anything. at first i enjoyed coviello’s modest quality, but how much “honestly” and “i think” can you take in a book of criticism?
yeah. disappointed.
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